Dispensing device



May 17, 1932. J. BENDER 1,858,613

DISPENS ING DEVICE Fiied Aug. 19, 19:51

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latented May 17, 1932 UhllTEfi STATES JACOB ABMIN BENDER, OF UNION CITY, NEW JERSEY DISPENSING DEVICE Application filed August 19, 1931. Serial No. 558,132.

This invention relates to improvements in dispensing devices and has particular reference to a device for applying hair tonic to the scalp.

is The principal object of this invention is to produce a container wherein the hair tonic may be kept and discharged at will directly to the scalp of the person being treated.

A further object is to produce a device of this character which will be easy to manipulate.

A further object is to produce a device wherein the cost of the same is reasonable enough to permit the manufacturer of the tonic to employ the device as a delivering medium.

A still further object is to produce a device of this character which will automatically prevent the dispensing of the liquid when the :1} same is not in use.

A still further object is to product a device of this character which will save a considerable amount of tonic which would otherwise be wasted when applied with the hands and g; from a bottle, at the same time, eliminating the danger of tipping over the bottle during the process of applying the contents thereof.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

5 Figure 1 is a longitudinal cross-section of my device showing the parts in discharging position,

Figure 2 is an enlarged detail cross-sectional View, and

4-1) Figure 3 is an end elevation partly broken away and showing the operating means for rotating the inner container.

In the application of hair tonic, it has been customary to dispense the tonic in bottles,

2.; a small quantity being poured from the bottle directly to the head or into the hands, and

then applied to the head. In either instance Where the fingers are used, it is obvious that a large quantity of the tonic will be spread 00 upon the hands and as many of these tonics '13 formed in the cylinder 5.

the teeth 12. A stop 18 is formed upon the are tar preparations, the hands are readily soiled. It is also true, that when pouring from the bottle onto the head, that some of the tonic is liable to run off of the head and be wasted.

Applicant has produced a device which is merely a cylindrical container in which the tonic is placed, and then has attached a comb like arrangement to the cylinder in such a way that a portion of the contents may be 5 delivered to the comb-like structure and paslsed thru the teeth thereof directly to the sea li fthe accompanying drawings wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 5 designates a cylinder in which the commodity to be dispensed is placed. This cylinder is sealed by a cap 6 and a gasket 7, the cap 6 being threadedly secured to the cylinder 5. A retainer 8 is threaded to the opposite end of the cylinder from the cap 6. Rotatable upon the outer surface of the cylinder and between the cap 6 and retainer 8 is a shell 9 upon which is formed a plurality 75 of teeth 11. These teeth 11 each have a channel 12 extending therethru and are so arranged that they communicate with ports By now referring to Fig. 3 it will be noted that the cylinder 5 has a thumb piece 14 which extends outwardly thru a slot 16 formed in the shell 9. A spring 17 is positioned next to the finger piece 14 and to the shell-at a point adjacent 85, shell so that the amount of movement of the finger piece 14 will be definite and thus bring the ports 13 into communication with the channels 12 in the teeth 11. As soon as the finger piece is released, it is obvious that the ports 13 will move from the position shown in Fig. 2 to the dotted line position at'A.

It will thus be seen that with my device it is possible to fill the cylinder 5 by removing the cap 6 with any desired kind of hair 95 tonic and then afterv replacing the cap and gasket that the same will be confined when the parts are in the dotted line position of Fig. 2, and that by grasping the finger piece 14 and the stop 18 and moving them toward 3 each other against the tension of the spring 17 that the ports 13 will be brought into align- V ment with the channels 12 at which time the liquid within the device will be dispensed, and that as soon as the finger piece is re- 1easedfurther flow of liquid will be prohibited.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same and that various changes relative to the material, size, shape and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claim.

7 Having thus described my invention, I claim In a device of the kind described, a liquid container having discharge perforations, a plurailty of teeth arranged spaced from each other and in a row and having dispensing passages therein, a tubular portion carrying the teeth and embracing said container, end caps on the container and confining the tubular portion therebetween and permitting rotation of the container for bringing the perforations into and out of registration with the passages, and means active upon said portion to normally hold the passages in the teeth out of registration with the perforations.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JACOB ABMIN BENDER. 

